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A new 114-seat buffet restaurant inspired by the blue of Awaji Island's sea and sky has opened at Grand Mercure Awaji Island Resort & Spa, and a Silver Week plan will add Awaji beef steak and local craft beer to the dinner buffet from September 19 to 23, 2026.
From September 1 to October 31, 2026, Mercure Nagano Matsushiro Resort & Spa's buffet restaurant Locavore serves up a Shine Muscat sweets fair featuring Nagano-grown grapes and fruit desserts, while a September tasting event introduces four craft beers inspired by Matsushiro's local specialties.
Relo Stay VILLA Kinosaki The Condominium in Hyogo has installed Asahi Group Japan's fine-foam draft beer server, THE DRAFTERS, in 28 guest rooms of 60 m² or larger, letting guests enjoy authentic draft beer in their rooms with any stay plan through August 31.
Yumoto Takubokutei in Hakodate's Yunokawa Onsen is offering the "Wander in a Yukata — A Shrine Visit Stroll" stay plan, which includes a ticket to exchange for a season-limited papercut goshuin at nearby Yukura Shrine. The current summer design, available only through August, depicts a rabbit spirit gazing up at a wind chime amid plumeria, bellflowers, and vinca.
To celebrate its 4th anniversary, Kinnotake Saryo — a Hakone ryokan that grew out of a hot spring inn founded in 1947 — is giving every guest who visits between August 15 and August 31, 2026, a specially made biscotti from the nearby sister cafe LuDERA.
Hakone Retreat före & villa 1/f in Sengokuhara is introducing a one-night, two-day wellness retreat created with yoga and Ayurveda instructor AZUSA, featuring yoga, Ayurveda workshops, and a special seasonal dinner, available October 24 to 25, 2026.